Nancy

• Same eraLindaLike Nancy, it was given most in the 1950s.#902 · steady
• Same rhythmMazieSame beat as Nancy: two syllables, stress on the first, ending on a vowel sound, but it starts differently.#965 · rising
• ShorterTruOne syllable to Nancy's two, so you can tell them apart when you call both.#972 · rising
• LongerBarbaraThree syllables to Nancy's two: a long name beside a short one keeps them distinct.#968 · steady

Suggestions come from names in this year's top 1,000. Rhythm and rhyme are judged from each name's pronunciation (Wiktionary's, or espeak's reading of the spelling), so a few calls may be off.